Baylor is the name of a watch firm that was and may be still owned by the giant Dallas (Texas)retail jewelry firm of Zales. Heuer made numerous watches for Zales under the Baylor watch name. When Heuer decide to unload most all their mechancial and automatic watches and concentrate on the automatic chronograph Zales purchase the entire stock for pennies on the dollar. This is the story as told to me by one of the former top manager for Zales. Baylor is a American watch company and I would quess that it was named after a Texas University that is located in Dallas. What do you think, Jeff?

: My information is sketchy, but I beleive that
: Baylor was a European jewelry retailer.
: Heuer made some watches for Baylor, with
: these watches being co-branded -- Heuer and
: Baylor.

: Other retailers that had co-branded Heuer
: watches included Turler, Abercrombie &
: Fitch, Beyer and I am sure there were many
: more.

: Maybe some day, OnTheDash will add a section
: for the "Rich Man's" Heuers,
: featuring these watches made for jewelry
: retailers.

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